1. Bloomerang Automations:
Zapier Ask Me Anything

2. Jessie Gilchrist
Senior Consultant and Manager, CRM Services
www.SidekickSolutionsLLC.com
info@sidekicksolutionsllc.com

3. Exploring Bloomerang
Automations
Available in
Bloomerang Academy
Learn about common
automation
opportunities for
nonprofits.
Zapier 101
Available in
Bloomerang Academy
Learn how to use
Bloomerang triggers,
actions, and search in
Zapier.
Zapier 201
Available in
Bloomerang Academy
Learn how to make
more of your Zapier
automations using
lookup tables,
conditional paths, filters,
date/time conversions,
and more!
Zapier webinar series
Join us to learn more!

4. Agenda
1.
2.
3.
Zapier intro
When to pursue Zapier integrations
FAQs
4. Q&A

5. Did you attend (or watch) the prior
webinars in this series?

6. What is Zapier?
Automation software

7. Why pursue integrations?
Key feature in Bloomerang system and fundraising strategy

8. Types of integrations
Zapier vs. native

9. Why pursue Zapier integrations?
● No native integration exists
● Native integration does not align with organization’s use case
● High level of customization required
● Desired functionality is not provided in native integration
● Multi-app automations

10. FAQs

11. How does the Find Constituent
search work?

12. Answer
Find Constituent
● First and Last Name are required
● At least one of address, phone or email are required
● Search is looking for an exact match

13. Will Update Constituent overwrite
data?

14. Answer
Update Constituent
● Will overwrite all standard and custom fields, except address, phone, and email
● For address, phone, and email…
○ The new (or matched) data will be promoted as primary
○ The previous data will be demoted to secondary (not deleted)

15. How quickly does my Zap trigger?

16. Answer
Zap Triggering
● Dependent on the plan purchased in Zapier
○ Free Plan: 5 minutes
○ Starter Plan: 1 minutes
○ Professional Plan: 1 minutes

17. Can Zapier connect multiple apps
in a single Zap?

18. Answer
Multiple Apps
● Zaps can be configured to connect one or many apps

19. What are the most common
automations for Bloomerang?

20. Answer
Common Automations
● Fundraising apps
● Email marketing
● Accounting
● eCommerce
● Event registration
● Reporting dashboards
● Notifications
● Online data collection forms

21. What are some of your favorite
Bloomerang automations?

22. Answer
Favorite Automations
● Bloomerang to Bloomerang
● Dashboards
● Notifications
● Drip email campaigns

23. How much does Zapier cost?

24. Answer
Zapier Cost
● Tiers based on different task allotments per month
● Average cost is $20-$75/month
● 15% discount available for non-profits
● Upgrade / downgrade as needs change
● Bloomerang Zapier app is free to use!

25. What is a task in Zapier?

26. Answer
Tasks
● An action your Zap successfully completes
● What counts as a task?
● What doesn’t count as a task?

27. What happens if we hit our task
limit in Zapier?

28. Answer
Task Limit
● Each pricing plan has a different task limit per month
● Zapier will providing notification when you hit 80% of allotment
● Tasks get placed in a “held” status for 30 days
● Can replay tasks when usage resets or subscription is upgraded

29. Q&A

30. How do we connect Constant
Contact and Bloomerang?

31. Answer
Bloomerang > Constant Contact
● Triggering events
○ New Constituent
○ Updated Constituent
○ New Transaction
● Actions
○ Find or Create Contact
○ Update Contact
● Cannot map to custom fields

32. Answer
Constant Contact > Bloomerang
● New Contact
○ Find or Create Constituent in Bloomerang
○ Recommend only syncing when there is a First/Last Name
● New Email Open
○ Create an Interaction or Note

33. Does Zapier integrate with Gmail and
place emails as interactions into
Bloomerang?

34. Answer
Gmail and Bloomerang
● Yes, Gmail is has an app in Zapier
● Triggering events
○ New email (in specified mailbox)
○ New starred email
○ New labeled email
○ New email matching search
● Recommend using Bloomerang’s BCC feature

35. Do you know of any platform that
works well with Zapier where we can
send letters via a mail house?

36. Answer
Mailhouse
● Handwrytten
● Others likely available in Zapier’s marketplace
○ www.zapier.com/apps

37. How can we have donors make pledges
online with a payment schedule and
have it sync to Bloomerang?

38. Answer
Pledges
● Bloomerang API can support creation of a pledge in Bloomerang, but…
○ Cannot set it up to be auto-processed by Bloomerang
○ Can only be created with standard frequencies (i.e., annual, monthly, etc.) not custom
● Alternative is to a pledge/fundraising app and syncing the payments only

39. After integrating PayPal with
Bloomerang, can the PayPal option
appear on my Bloomerang website
giving form?

40. Answer
PayPal and Online Forms
● PayPal is not a payment gateway option for Bloomerang online forms
● Place PayPal button at the top of webpage where the form is embedded

41. When using a PayPal button with two
options, how do we enter the correct
Fund in Bloomerang?

42. Answer
PayPal Designation Options
● Use a lookup table to convert the selection to the corresponding Bloomerang Fund
● Resources
○ [WEBINAR] Automating Donations from PayPal to Bloomerang
○ [WEBINAR] Zapier 201

43. Q&A

44. Classy + Bloomerang
October
Learn how to set up an
integration between Classy, a
fundraising app, and
Bloomerang.
Bloom-to-Bloom Memberships
December
Learn how to set up a
Bloomerang to Bloomerang
automation to manage
membership fields on the
constituent’s profile.
Future Zapier webinars
Join us to learn more!

45. What Bloomerang and Zapier content
do you want to see in the future?

46. Zapier integration experts working exclusively with
nonprofits and public sector agencies.
www.SidekickSolutionsLLC.com
info@sidekicksolutionsllc.com

47. Thank you